Home Visitor: St Albans, Hertfordshire

Time Commitment

A few hours weekly

Location

St Albans, Hertfordshire

We are looking for a friendly volunteer to visit our female Royal Corps of Signals veteran in St Albans. Having served during WW2, she is full of interesting stories of her time serving in both the UK and Germany. Now in her 90s, she is very keen on drawing and painting, and tries to keep active by walking every day. With limited friends and family in the area she can get lonely, so would love a volunteer who could visit her and provide some company.

By providing regular companionship, social interaction and building a positive one-to-one relationship you can help to reduce the effects of isolation so commonly experienced by our veterans. Your positivity, friendliness and communication can make the world of difference to their day to day lives.

Volunteers need to be over the age of 18 years and able to travel independently to and from our veterans home. Reliability, punctuality and trustworthiness are essential requirements for this role as are good listening and interpersonal skills. An understanding of the importance of confidentiality and relationship boundaries is key to this role. We will give you the necessary training, induction and support to be confident and enjoy your volunteering.

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